Suspender-end.



No. mama-us. Patented Nov. 6, I900; A. A. LEVI.

SUSPENDEB END.

(Application filed July 28, 1900.) IN 0 M o d 91.)

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ABRAHAM ATLAS LEVI, OF SYRACUSE, NEIV YORK.

SUSPENDER-END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,4:08, datedNovember 6, 1900.

Application filed July 28, 1900. Serial No. 25,122. \No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM ATLAS LEVI, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Ends,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. 7

The object of this invention is to provide suspenders with means capableof connecting them to the buttons of the garment either-independently ofthe buttonhole portions of the suspenders or to be used jointlytherewith and reinforce the same, as may be desired or become necessaryby the wearing or breaking of the suspender-ends; and to that end theinvention consists in the combination,with a suspender-end, of a wiresecured at its ends thereto and bent intermediately into the form of abutton-receiving loop lying freely on the buttonhole portion of theSuspender-end, as hereinafter m ore fully described, and set forth inthe claims. 7

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is an inner face view of a portion ofa pair of suspenders embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged innerface view of the front suspender-ends. Fig. 3 is a detached face view ofthe reinforcing devices of said suspenderends. Fig. 4: is a detachedview of the reinforcing device used on the rear suspenderends, and Figs.5 and 6 are respectively front and rear views of a modification of myinvention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the webbing or main portions of the suspenders, and Z) and0 denote, respectively, the frontand rearsuspender-ends. Each of thefront suspender-ends b is usually made duplex to connect to two buttonson the front of the garment, and I preferably form them in one piece ofleather,terminating with the usual buttonholes and formed intermediatelywith a tubular portion, as shown at I). These front suspender-ends Ireinforce by extra button-receivin g loops (1 form ed on the ends of aband 01, inserted into the tubular portion 3) of the Suspender-ends.Said band, with its loops, may be formed of any suitable material. Ipreferably form these of a continuous piece of wire (Z, having its endportions folded back upon the central portion and united therewith, asshown at d, or in any other suitable manner. This central portion ofthewire,with the contiguous folded end portions, is inserted into thetubular portion b of the suspendenends, which tubular portions are sewedalong theirlongitudinal edges, and thus retain the wire therein. Thefolds of said wire protrude from said tubular portion and are bent intothe shape of loops (l for receiving through them the buttons on thegarment. These loops lie loosely on the buttonhole portions 11 of theSuspender-ends. Said loops can thus be used either jointly with orseparately from the buttonhole portions b as may be desired or becomenecessary by the wearing or breaking of the suspendeaends.

The rear sus .)ender-end cI reinforce by an extra loop 6, formed ofsuitable material, preferably of wire, secured to the suspenderend abovethe buttonhole 0 thereof and shaped to receive through it the button ofthe garment. WVhen the buttonhole portion of said suspender-end isformed of leather sewed onto the end of the webbing A,as shown in Fig. 4of the drawings, I form the extra loop c of a piece of wire bentintermediate its ends into the shape of the loop and terminating withstraight parallel portions inserted into a sewed fold of the end of thewebbing, as shown by dotted lines 0 in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

I do not, however,wish to be limited specifically to either of thehereinbefore described constructions of the reinforcements of thesuspender-ends, as I find that I can attain the desired result on asuspender-end formed of braid by forming the loop 0. of a wire crossedabove the said loop and wrapped with its ends tightly around the braid,so as to firmly grip the same, as shown at e in Figs. 5 and (I of thedrawings.

In either of the described constructions I maintain the feature of thereinforcingdoop being free from the buttonhole portion of thesuspender-end for the purpose hereinbefore described.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. The combination with aSuspender-end of a wire secured at its ends thereto and bentintermediately into the form of a button-reeeiving loop lying freely onthe buttonhole folded back upon the central portion and united therewithand inserted into the aforesaid tubular portion, and the folds of saidwire protruding from the said tubular portion and bent into the shape ofbutton-reoeiving loops lying free on the buttonhole portions of theSuspender-ends as set forth.

ABE. ATLAS LEVI. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

J. J. LAASS, B. J. LAASS.

